Beschreibung
An den Ökonomen und Politiker Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) von einer Reise in Frankreich, um sich dort für die Freihandelsbewegung einzusetzen: „[…] I write in some haste. Your letter has just reached my hand on my return from the mountains, and I am afraid you will have been waiting my reply. I shall not therefore say a word about the Pyrenées but go direct to Bordeaux. I agree with you that the offer from the Mayor is better than a traitement from the Paris Association, and upon certain terms I really see no loss of caste in accepting it. If I were you I would take it on their conditions. I will be your delegate in Paris to watch over the interests of the question in the best way in my power, & I will accept the traitement to meet the expenses I incur in living in Paris. Really in that point of view I do not see how your influence need suffer. I would agree to it. I am glad to see that Marseille is moving. I have written to [François Barthélemy] Arlès-Dufour [Ökonom; 1797-1872] to stimulate the Lyons people. Can’t you set them in motion in Nantes, Havre, &c? […]“ Hat dem Autor der „Contemporains Illustres“, Adrien Courcier, dessen Feder nützlich sein könne, einen Empfehlungsbrief an Bastiat gegeben. – 1846 gehörte Bastiat zu den Mitbegründern der Vereinigung für den Freihandel in Bordeaux und wurde Sekretär des Verwaltungsrates. – Cobden war Unternehmer und die führende Figur des Manchesterliberalismus und der Freihandelsbewegung. – Selten.
